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Storm Ophelia - General Discussion/Local reports - See MOD NOTE Post #1

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'Scuse me if I'm breaking any rules of Weather here with another thread, but didn't want to derail the main thread with too much chatter.

Guessing a lot of people (particularly us mostly-lurkers) might be in the same boat as me - not really sure what this all means on the ground in terms of preparation - and even if it's not too awful, I for one would prefer to be over-prepared rather than under-prepared! (At the moment, I don't feel that prepared at all!)

I'm living in a pretty exposed place for this particular set of indicators (on a narrow, south-west jutting peninsula off the Galway coast) and thus somewhat nervous about it. We're moving the bedroom to the sitting room as I've always been a bit dubious about the tall trees on that side of the house, but apart from that, sheltering the car (somehow) and ensuring there's as little potential debris as possible, I'm a bit at a loss. Water, candles might be an idea to get in.

Any more experienced people have ideas? Or what are others in the firing line doing?

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road_high

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

2 kite surfers missing/in trouble in Dundalk Bay. R116 en route!!

How could you go out in these conditions!

2 fcukin gob****es...should be left where they are.

Malayalam

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

2 kite surfers missing/in trouble in Dundalk Bay. R116 en route!!

How could you go out in these conditions!

wtf? :mad:

jcd5971

VinLieger wrote:

It hasn't hit clare yet, have fun getting home though

Sure its downgraded and everything already, pure overated guff from weather nerds as usual

uck51js9zml2yt

km79 wrote: »

Waiting till half of Munster is without power before going on TV????? Clown

That's Covenys territory!

Rikand

Straffan1979 wrote: »

total non event on Dingle peninsula......so far

As Expected

DIF

Wind really picking up in East Cork now - we're on little hill only 80m high and windows facing south have just flexed during 2 very strong gusts :eek:

irish_stevo815

Was starting a new job today and was sent home when I went. The roads were eerily quiet.

In South Tipperary, near Clonmel and the wind is starting to pick up a bit now.

This feels so surreal watching the news at the moment

SeaFields

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

2 kite surfers missing/in trouble in Dundalk Bay. R116 en route!!

How could you go out in these conditions!

Absolute f-ing idiots.

Rikand

AndyBoBandy wrote: »

2 kite surfers missing/in trouble in Dundalk Bay. R116 en route!!

How could you go out in these conditions!

Cause who'd want to miss out on those killer waves dude!

pad199207

A few gusts there was whipping the water out of the gutters on the houses

maddogcollins

Depends where in Cork you are. Baltimore currently 85km/h, city only 40km/h.

UsBus

crushproof wrote: »

Bit late no? Poor performance, should have made an announcement yesterday. The storm will have hit the south by the time he comes on. Ridiculous situation!

Pathetic, he should have gone on the 9.00 o'clock news last night before people had to travel....
But sure you wouldn't expect anything else from Paddy Ireland......

AndyBoBandy

2 kite surfers missing/in trouble in Dundalk Bay. R116 en route!!

How could you go out in these conditions!

crashadder

it is quite windy here in Sandyford Dublin already. its raining too.

d'Oracle

JaMarcusHustle wrote: »

Leo waiting until 10.40am this morning to address the nation.

Like, what do people expect him to say?
The last person I need to hear from while preparing for an event like this is the Taoiseach.

And tomorrow, when there is actual damage iin places around the country, who do I want to hear from? Not the Taoiseach.

Robxxx7

Mid Kerry

Wind gust at 64.4 and pressure dropping down to 980.7 ..rain today at 3.6mm

Surreptitious

dark crystal wrote: »

Mine was sent home by 9 - morning hurricane delight already had... ;)

Jealous

Straffan1979

total non event on Dingle peninsula......so far

Mickeroo

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

http://89.106.143.18:121/cgi-bin/guestimage.html

road_high

marvin80 wrote: »

This should have been done yesterday to show the seriousness of the situation.

Why do you think that wasn't satisfactorily addressed by Met Eireann and virtually everyone else?
People nit picking looking for non issues to whine about...

Cianos

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Leo to address the nation at 10:40

Better late than never I suppose! :rolleyes:

Early riser

dark crystal

_Dara_ wrote: »

Hubsie is coming home from work shortly. Some hurricane afternoon delight on the cards. :P:pac:;)

Mine was sent home by 9 - morning hurricane delight already had...

;)

Dcully

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfklK-8O_fA

uck51js9zml2yt

If you want cams for the south west try http://onitsurf.com. He has Kerry and Clare covered

In the interest of openness.. it's a friend's website

h0neybadger

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

https://youtu.be/2tiwU1TaLuA

Surreptitious

There's a good few sirens passing me now in the last few hours. The winds are really picking up.

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Titzon Toast wrote: »

Are there any live web cams around the south east of the country please?

https://www.hookheritage.ie/live-webcams/

lazeedaisy

Completely forgot about our garden swing, just decommissioned it,

Jeez, cannot see out the windows with the sand!

Winds building quite bad, the dogs are trying their best to sleep through though,

albert kidd

Jaycornyn wrote: »

Is it safe to have a fire lit with a back boiler if the power goes out. Water boiling and no pump to circulate it??

no.

fxotoole

Winds really starting to pick up in North Kildare. Very gusty